Southern Charm
Charleston is the perfect city for anyone who loves the South, filled with everything that makes the South so charming: pecan pralines fresh out of the oven, huge oak trees draped with Spanish moss, romantic horse-drawn carriages, dramatic...
Elliott House Inn, Charleston, South Carolina
The Elliott House Inn reopened last October after a two-year renovation of its 25 rooms. The hotel, which predates the Civil War, now combines heirloom armoires and oriental rugs with flat-screen televisions and room service. The statue-filled...
Colorful Paddle Wheel Boat
One of the best ways to see the historic Savannah waterfront is by boat. Several companies offer daytime or dinner cruises down the Savannah River in a charming paddle wheel boat, offering a fun way to see this quintessentially-Southern town from...
Hummingbird
Bakery and coffehouse in Charleston serving a lovely delight called the hummingbird. Vanilla muffin with walnuts, pineapple, and a cream cheese sugar coated icing. If a banana nut bread, a pineapple, and carrot cake got together, the hummingbird...
The Walls Are Alive
One of my favorite things about Charleston is its beautiful antebellum mansions, most of which have a postcard-perfect garden filled with wonderful-smelling magnolia bushes, brightly-colored flowers, creeping vines, bubbling fountains, and...
Charleston, South Carolina: The New South
A colonial classic, Charleston might initially come off as a little ye olde. But if you look more closely, this 340-year-old harbor city actually lives in the present. Bars reinvent Southern spirits, boutiques showcase new spins on cotton, and the...
Heirloom Book Company, Charleston, South Carolina
The year-oldHeirloom Book Companyis two parts cookbook store and one part culinary center. Pick up a copy ofNotes from a Kitchen, a 900-page, photo-filled look into the personal lives of some of the best young American chefs, including Charleston’...
Rainbow Row
One of Charleston's most charming features, and there are many, is its beautiful architecture. Nowhere is that more on display than on the famous Rainbow Row, a series of colorfully-painted historic homes on East Bay Street.
Every square inch of...
Southern-style huevos rancheros
Charleston, South Carolina ranks in my book as one of America's top food cities. I recently stopped by The Macintosh, a new restaurant on King Street, to try their much-raved about brunch. Chef Jeremiah Bacon (yes, real last name) turns out...
